Arizona silver belt., 1887-04-16

ApsaakaslEA ALTON ON kPssCRFRsss
FheFain, althougha sdriazle droz
f9el, not d gully washer, proved
root soaker 5y reason oi its almos
eontlnhed Gall Ton three days. Ii ha
4 been general, covering mayor par
XXX the acreage 81 Southern Arizona
and doubtless, extending north int,
Utah. While Va hage reason Is II
EJoice, to q limited extent, for the fayol
Ejust bestowed upon as, VIC are by ii,
means pleased with the conduct q
Pluvius IN having absented himself
from this section for 50 many months
almost depriying as 81 water, and Il
such go extent Is TO cause wbiskey I'd
become an indispensable article in the
conduct Of domestic affairs.
This, however, was but q repetition
Of the airy spoil al 1882; In Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio, Kentucky and indiana, when
the legislatures Of those states were
convened in extra session for the pur.
pose Of inteTdlcting the watering 81
stock ut nayigable streams, particular
" the Ohio, l'or fear of impeding navl-
CATION Notwithstanding that such
laws rs indicated we're passed and
members rested their feet upon legis.
iatige desks and squirted tobacco juice
at cracks ID she floor Of the respective
halls, tho beds Of streams became de-
sirous Of showing their gragelly beds,
and did 50 within brief space af
time, when i became apparent 70 the
respective Governors Of the several
states mentioned, that farther legisla.
ton was necessary. Members were
again hiyed, W proclamation, to pro-
vide for waser To GIL canteeps, ofthose
wishing to avail themselves Of bath.
ing. Laws were enacted, but without
effect, and che citizens Of those states
were, per force, obliged to content
themselves with dry rub, and ID ex-
treme cases resort 10 lard and brim-
stone as q dernier resort fer relief
from cptanesus eruption, sngs aefed
by the absence Of water Nor we're
these all az the evil results Of the
scarcity ofwater Holy writ hath il
that cleanliness i next To godliness, /
consequently the drouth was q direct
blow to the Christian religion and
desire for eyil was Implanted ID csti.
TENS Of those states, which u this day /
s a. proue 70 show itself as are sparks (
70 fly upward, and becomes plainly
s4slhle IN adult males, on the reeur- |
-eHee q elections in their desire for
oallot-stpffng
Happily, for Arizona, the drouth
iere was riot Of that extent as 10 cause
ueh moral obliquity as il experienced
n the states referred 10, and was only I
,noWn 70 crop out ia single instance
n convention, where delegate from
iayapai county attempted 10 control
he action o. that body by being the
'ossessor Of thirteen proxies, which
'rothers Holmes aud Griffin, Of ella |
ounsy frustrated III sitting down Oh
he intention cf the Political pfodigal,
nd giving others acting Oh the i
quare, i show consequently, the
routh which WOULD necessarily /
ave occurred in Political affairs, end
a ii 4 freshet which aoated Mark
.mith into political position in WASH
agton. where be will be fgund, upon
he opening Of Congress, resting his
bins beneath congressional mahog-
nv
Ono thing will be- readily conceded, \
nd that d that neither nolmes nor
iriliiu are ever overcome by drouth
nd, consequently, their opinlons up-
q political affairs, are not likely to
= mystified by theories Of too Jealous
artisans, bnt, Old the contrary, at
Fastically on such schemes The sub
set 81 'lroutha in their operation on
pnlau actions, Al well as upon yage
alton, and The consequent value of
attic and price of beet, viii like d
ooaes LIVER, the more i i banded,
ae mere II will swell and for that
aason we must content ourselves with ,
hat Is already said and refer The
sadeF 70 the appendix whteh Win 10
,und IN the end 81 our pencil
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